Wednesday, July 6, 2016

gizmag

The idea of a road car with aerodynamics by Adrian Newey is enough to get any motorsports fan excited. The AM-RB 001 manages to look beautiful and brutal at the same time, combining state-of-the-art underbody aerodynamics with a silhouette to make car lovers go weak at the knees. ​Read more
A work of considerable scientific gravitas will auction on July 13, 2016, in London when the first printed book to propose that the Earth revolved around the Sun, De Libris Revolutionum Eruditissimi Viridoctoris, goes under the auctioneer's hammer.Read more
The AIA recently revealed the winners of its annual Small Project Awards. Shining a light on projects that are small in stature and relatively small in cost, outstanding winners include a self-propelled floating sauna, a colorful girl scouts' camp, and a dental service shoehorned into a trailer.Read more
As if the LaFerrari needed to be made any more an object of desire, Ferrari has now released images of a new soft-top version of its hybrid hypercar. The new limited edition special series is aimed at clients and collectors and was sold out even before it was publicly revealed.Read more
The m.e. pocket audio booster is designed to make audio bigger, clearer and more defined, no matter what gear you have in (or on) your ears. The listening experience is said to be like sitting in the front row of a live concert.Read more
Most people don’t bother buying themselves a birthday present, instead leaving the gifting to close friends and family members. Things work a bit differently in the world of bikes, a point proven by Ducati’s 1299 Panigale S Anniversario.Read more
​If you’re the kind of person who can’t help tapping, slapping and rapping on things as you dance around the kitchen, well now there’s an app for that. Three, actually. And a device that reads your perfunctory percussion and transmits the signal into your phone for you to play games with.Read more
In an effort to clean up orbiting space junk, the Surrey Space Centre has announced that it is leading a mission to send the RemoveDebris demonstrator into orbit to test low-cost technologies that could be used to collect and remove space debris.Read more
The all-new Italian-designed, Swiss-built e-bike from Velocipede Fogliaverde takes the idea of a classically styled e-bike to the next level, with a low-profile design dressed up with leather, wood and even rust.Read more
Modern muscle cars might be comfortable, capable sports cars, but the family line started as unsophisticated beasts in the 1960s. Chevy is celebrating this evolution with the Camaro 50th Anniversary Edition, a car with some retro fashion sense, but a more modern setup under the hood. Read more
Titan is one of the most interesting bodies in the Solar System, as the only other place we know of that very likely holds liquid water. Scientists have found that conditions could be right for non-water-based life to evolve, challenging our Earth-focused ideals of habitability. Read more
By all available measures, Albert Einstein has become one of the strongest personal brand names in history, and next week, the Brown 1931 Levi Strauss Leather Jacket worn by Science's rock star is going to auction.Read more
No sign yet of giant sandworms, but NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover has sent back images that show sand ripples on the Red Planet’s dunes are of a type not found on Earth’s deserts. Created by Mars’ thin atmosphere, the information has provided new clues on the history of the planet’s atmosphere.Read more
​The Moto Z​ and HTC 10​ are two different takes on the flagship smartphone. Motorola's is a bold (but also risky) modular handset, while HTC's refines the classic smartphone formula. Read on, as we see how their features and specs compare.Read more
The Octospot is an actioncam that's optimized for scuba diving. Among other things, it's reportedly the first to offer pressure-controlled auto white balance, so that images don't look bluer the deeper you go.​Read more
Drone photography site Dronestagram provides a forum for high-flying photo making and it's recently announced the eye-popping winners of its third International Drone Photography Contest. Gizmag has a look at the shots that soared into the highest spotsRead more
An inexpensive new device created by researchers from the University of Pennsylvania uses genetic material instead of antibodies to detect the Zika virus.Read more
Researchers at the Masdar Institute are creating 3D printed high performance materials with custom-designed mechanical, thermal and electrical properties by manipulating the materials' internal structures.Read more
Steaming in a sauna is an essential part of Finnish culture, but the number of public saunas is said to be in decline. A new sauna in Helsinki called Löyly is designed to attract tourists, and also allows male and female visitors to bathe together.Read more
It's high-end phone with budget pricing vs. high-end phone with ... expected pricing, as we compare the features and specs of the OnePlus 3 and Samsung Galaxy S7 edge.Read more
Pushing yourself out over the edge of a building may not seem like the wisest of ideas, but at the US Bank Tower in Los Angeles, US, you can now pay to do just that. As part of the new OUE Skyspace LA observation deck, a glass "Skyslide" has been installed on the side of the building.Read more
Last year, Amazon kicked off its inaugural Picking Challenge to encourage teams to create robots able to perform the task of an Amazon stock picker. This year’s competition added a second type of challenge – and a Dutch team has claimed victories in both.Read more
Last month, Bose added Bluetooth wireless to its top drawer active noise cancellation technology for the QuietComfort 35 over-ear headphones. Sennheiser has responded to the battle cry with the PXC 550 Wireless headphones.Read more
Boost your productivity on your PC with 8 apps that will target specific areas of your workflow, and make them better. From Internet surfing, to backing up your files, to photo editing, to website creating, everything you do on your PC will be done with the highest level of efficiency.Read more
 

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